Ryan McGeeney
Recent Stories
Lawyer rebuts hog farm’s claims
A lawyer who represents multiple environmental advocacy organizations in Arkansas has confronted the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality with evidence he said proves C&H Hog Farms’ permit application was based on false or misleading information. Continue reading...
Officials Boost E. Coli Testing In River, Creek
Opening Of C&H Hog Farms Elevates Concern For Buffalo
Administrators with the Buffalo National River have increased the frequency of E. coli monitoring at the river’s confluence with Big Creek near Hasty from quarterly to weekly. Continue reading...
State grilled over permit for hog farm
Crowd vocal, at times riled about fears for watershed
The director of the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality said controversy over the agency’s approval of a permit for C&H Hog Farms in Mount Judea is among the most emotional she’s dealt with since she was appointed to the position in 2007. Continue reading...
Advocates’ panel agree halt to hog farm top aim
Halting construction of concentrated animal feeding operations, including C&H Farms in Mount Judea, should be a top priority, a panel of environmental, farming and political advocates assembled Wednesday at the Fayetteville Public Library agreed. Continue reading...
Unused prescriptions pile up on Drug Take-Back day
Sites across state collect medications for safe disposal
Law enforcement officers and volunteers across the country stood ready Saturday to accept unused prescription drugs as part of National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, a program organized through the federal Drug Enforcement Administration’s Office of Diversion Control. Continue reading...
Home school outside mainstream
Its focus is families, lessons in competence, resilience
As Mary Margarett Harris, a 10-yearold home-school student from Red Star, coasts down a plywood ramp and across a concrete floor, the sounds of her skateboarding and squealing blend in with the buzz at Headwaters School. Continue reading...
180 state facilities, mainly wholesale, retail, store fertilizer
Seven firms listed as product plants
Only one fertilizer manufacturer in Arkansas currently reports storing both anhydrous ammonia and ammonium nitrate, the two chemical compounds thought to be responsible for the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, on April 17. Continue reading...
More Shooters Reloading Ammo
Recycling Bullets Gets Tougher As Parts Become Scarce
Crowded into one corner of Sturm’s Indoor Gun Range in Springdale, Steve Sturm works around a cluster of Dillon ammunition presses, aligning components, adjusting the flow of gunpowder and selecting the right bullet. Continue reading...
Moratorium cut from bill on waterways
Measure passes in House but emergency clause fails
Legislation introduced earlier this week in the Arkansas House of Representatives that was designed to impose a two-year moratorium on the issuance of concentrated animal-feeding operations near extraordinary resource waters nearly passed through to the state Senate on Thursday, but without its signature provision. Continue reading...
Senate sends a bill to Beebe on waterways
Municipalities support it, but not environmentalists
One in a series of bills amending Arkansas’ environmental laws passed its final hurdle in the state Legislature late Thursday and will now head to the governor’s office for approval. Continue reading...
Latest photos
Tommy Clowers in a 2011 file photo.
Allen prepares to kick a field goal during the second quarter of the game against Farmington.
Landon Allen, Prairie Grove senior kicker, heads into the locker room Sept. 29 with his teammates at halftime against Farmington.
Nick Sugg, Prarie Grove junior, looks for a hole in the Farmington defense during the first quarter Friday at Prairie Grove.
Mike Harvey, chief operating officer of the Northwest Arkansas Council, unveils a new logo and slogan for regional economic develo...
